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justice correspondent pete williams there for us in d.c. do want to ask you just a couple of questions. what's happening at that house in hoboken, new jersey, right now? what can you tell us? >> any address that he's been connected with, police are searching. this is a standard thing to do in one of these situations. as soon as you find out the identity of the person, you immediately get search warrants to search their car, their house to see what additional information you can learn about the motive for the shooting, whether other people were involved. it's important investigative work and going on right now. >> pete, did the gunman take his own life? >> we don't know the answer to that question yet. >> all right. justice correspondent pete williams, thanks so much. we know you continue to gather information. we'll let you go. once you have some new information, come back. thank you, sir. again, ryan lanza, 24 years old. pete just confirming that the classroom where most of the shooting happened, he went to the principal's office first we'
justice correspondent pete williams there for us in d.c. do want to ask you just a couple of questions. what's happening at that house in hoboken, new jersey, right now? what can you tell us? >> any address that he's been connected with, police are searching. this is a standard thing to do in one of these situations. as soon as you find out the identity of the person, you immediately get search warrants to search their car, their house to see what additional information you can learn...
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pete williams, our chief justice correspondent is in there. it may take him a couple of minutes actually to get to the camera and report that decision, but again, i think it's worth noting exactly what we are looking at here. this could get very complicated. so, it may take a while for us to parse this decision. but it could be upheld, struck down, parts of it could be upheld or struck down. the individual mandate, obviously, is the enter piece here. it is the key. let's go to pete williams. not yet? he is not there yet? all right. obviously, there are other parts of this that people are watching very closely. the court could rule and this is something people are watching extremely carefully, separately on whether new medicaid requirements for the states are constitutional and the court could say that the legal battle was frankly waged too early. that is the least likely of what's probably going to happen here, that that's the decision that they will make. we are expecting, again, for it to be voluminous. this is something thatç was a very l
pete williams, our chief justice correspondent is in there. it may take him a couple of minutes actually to get to the camera and report that decision, but again, i think it's worth noting exactly what we are looking at here. this could get very complicated. so, it may take a while for us to parse this decision. but it could be upheld, struck down, parts of it could be upheld or struck down. the individual mandate, obviously, is the enter piece here. it is the key. let's go to pete williams....
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pete williams in washington. thank you very much. savannah, we should mention here for no other reason than to put some context on this, we have both seen this movie and it is a movie filled with dramatic action sequences. lots of gunfire. lots of explosions. you can imagine depending on what part of the film was showing at the time this happened the people in that theater may have been somewhat numbed to the idea that an explosion or a smoke bomb was set off in the theater and the gunfire even initially might have seemed as if it might have been part of this movie. >> that's right. of course it goes without saying this is a dark theater. some reports said this gunman appeared to come out of nowhere near the front of the theater, let off some kind of tear gas canister, and then begin slowly working his way through the theater opening fire on the crowd. we want to get to our nbc's kristen welker traveling with the president in ft. myers, florida. kristen, what can you tell us? >> reporter: good morning, matt and s
pete williams in washington. thank you very much. savannah, we should mention here for no other reason than to put some context on this, we have both seen this movie and it is a movie filled with dramatic action sequences. lots of gunfire. lots of explosions. you can imagine depending on what part of the film was showing at the time this happened the people in that theater may have been somewhat numbed to the idea that an explosion or a smoke bomb was set off in the theater and the gunfire even...
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pete williams, thank you very much. we'll have much more on this tragic mass shooting in aurora, colorado in just a moment. we're back. this is "today" on nbc. >>> if you're just joining us we start this friday morning with tragic news out of aurora, colorado where a gunman walked into a screening of "the dark knight rises" shortly after midnight local time and opened fire. 14 people are known to be dead. 50 others have been wounded in that shooting. >> the 24-year-old suspect now in police custody. we will have much more ahead. but first your local news. ♪ just one bite opens a world of delight... ♪ a flavor paradise of delicious fishes ♪ ♪ friskies seafood sensations. ♪ feed the senses. >> this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> time is 7:26. we are continuing to follow a developing story out of aurora, colorado, where gunman opened fire inside a movie theater during the premier of the highly anticipated film "the dark knight rises." 14 people are dead and at least 50 others are injured and transferre
pete williams, thank you very much. we'll have much more on this tragic mass shooting in aurora, colorado in just a moment. we're back. this is "today" on nbc. >>> if you're just joining us we start this friday morning with tragic news out of aurora, colorado where a gunman walked into a screening of "the dark knight rises" shortly after midnight local time and opened fire. 14 people are known to be dead. 50 others have been wounded in that shooting. >> the...
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and nbc's pete williams. the euphoria of the bill's victorious passage has a far less optimistic view. >> it's the law. the president signs the health care bill adds supporters cheer and critics vow their argument. the argument whether the health care argument is constitutional at all. chris: take us inside the court, pete williams. you were there. electric. it's called a hot bench. it's really feverish. >> it was. everyone had a lot of questions. the justice had to play traffic cop and they had to say which one would go next. there was one point when justice kagan was interrupted. the so lister -- chris: he gave different signals this week. one was a real resistance this week of the president's individual mandate requiring us to get health insurance. on the other hand he seemed to question what if they don't get insurance? >> maybe there is something different about the health care industry. you go to the hospital, they treat you anyway. but the cost is transferred to other people who do have insurance. his
and nbc's pete williams. the euphoria of the bill's victorious passage has a far less optimistic view. >> it's the law. the president signs the health care bill adds supporters cheer and critics vow their argument. the argument whether the health care argument is constitutional at all. chris: take us inside the court, pete williams. you were there. electric. it's called a hot bench. it's really feverish. >> it was. everyone had a lot of questions. the justice had to play traffic cop...
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we heard from our justice correspondent pete williams a short time ago. what we know about the gunmen, according to pete, is that he is 20 years old. there have been some other reports indicating that he did have a relationship to a child in the school, that he may have been the father of one of the students, but, again, at this point we don't know a great deal about the gunman other than the fact that he is dead, so, again, as we continue to await -- again, i have just been told during the course of our conversation here that the death toll is now gone from 24 to 26 now. 26 dead, 18 children, eight adults. as you indicated, andrea, those numbers we expect to change. i'll send it back to you right now. >> pete is reporting now. pete williams is reporting that according to federal officials the total number of dead now are 26. obviously fast-moving events as we await for law enforcement, we've been told by jay carney that the president was notified in the oval office at 10:30 this morning by jon brennan, his homeland security advisor of the evolving situat
we heard from our justice correspondent pete williams a short time ago. what we know about the gunmen, according to pete, is that he is 20 years old. there have been some other reports indicating that he did have a relationship to a child in the school, that he may have been the father of one of the students, but, again, at this point we don't know a great deal about the gunman other than the fact that he is dead, so, again, as we continue to await -- again, i have just been told during the...
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nbc's pete williams joins us with the latest on this. pete, fair to say a lot of people are scratching their heads over this one. >> reporter: right. the jury has 45 minutes left if they follow the normal schedule so perhaps we'll know soon the disposition here as the judge sent them back to keep deliberating. this one count on which they did reach agreement said that john edwards improperly accepted campaign finance contributions in 2008 from a wealthy donor but we don't know whether the jury said it was guilty or not guilty. if at the end of all its deliberations the jury cannot reach a conclusion on the other counts, the judge would have to accept this count and enter a verdict on only that one. >> of course there would be the possibility if there was a mistrial that the prosecutors would potentially try the case again. we'll have to wait and see what this jury decides. we will of course have continuing coverage on msnbc and a full report on nbc nightly news. i'm savannah guthrie, nbc, new york. >>> in other news this afternoon the fi
nbc's pete williams joins us with the latest on this. pete, fair to say a lot of people are scratching their heads over this one. >> reporter: right. the jury has 45 minutes left if they follow the normal schedule so perhaps we'll know soon the disposition here as the judge sent them back to keep deliberating. this one count on which they did reach agreement said that john edwards improperly accepted campaign finance contributions in 2008 from a wealthy donor but we don't know whether the...
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our justice correspondent pete williams is at the court tonight. pete, you know as much about the court as anyone i know, so here is the question. they can uphold, they can strike it down, and don't they have a number of options in between? >> exactly right. if they say the individual mandate, the requirement to have health insurance is unconstitutional, then the question is how much of the rest of this 1,000 page long law will stand. the obama administration says if the mandate goes away, that's a big revenue stream for insurance companies, then likely the things that will cost the insurance companies more will have to go, too, such as pre-existing condition coverage for adults and things the insurance companies can't vary rates based on a person's age or sex or medical condition. >> all right. pete williams, we'll be speaking with you on this broadcast tomorrow night as we review what the court has to say. pete williams at the supreme court. >>> also in washington tonight, a long overdue honor, as the government took a step to recifying an injust
our justice correspondent pete williams is at the court tonight. pete, you know as much about the court as anyone i know, so here is the question. they can uphold, they can strike it down, and don't they have a number of options in between? >> exactly right. if they say the individual mandate, the requirement to have health insurance is unconstitutional, then the question is how much of the rest of this 1,000 page long law will stand. the obama administration says if the mandate goes...
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agree they're not going to do thinking. >> let's go back to pete williams. talking about what happened in the two hours and you had some -- i dare say bombs to throw down in terms of expectations. i understand we're tempering expectations with the understanding what happens in oral arguments may not have any bearing on that ultimate decision. let's talk a little bit how the justices reacting and when you mentioned that the health care -- that everybody -- there was agreement about the health care market and everybody agreed when you go and purchase insurance you have to have it, but we were talking about the basic economics of health insurance and fundamentally you have to have folks in the system who are not actually using the services but paying for the insurance. >> reporter: that's a public policy argument. what the supreme court was talking today about is the how the congress fixes that problem and what's constitutional. tom goldstein, who publishes e scotus blog, was in there saw arguments. my impression, tom, the court seems on the edge of saying it's
agree they're not going to do thinking. >> let's go back to pete williams. talking about what happened in the two hours and you had some -- i dare say bombs to throw down in terms of expectations. i understand we're tempering expectations with the understanding what happens in oral arguments may not have any bearing on that ultimate decision. let's talk a little bit how the justices reacting and when you mentioned that the health care -- that everybody -- there was agreement about the...
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from our justice correspondent pete williams. >> reporter: a system run by the federal government has helped computers infected with a virus connect to the internet. that fbi run system shuts down midnight sunday for some in the u.s. logging on monday could be a problem. odds are your computer will not be affected but if it is you can blame this man, one of six astone ians charged. affected computers were hijacked into using internet servers that sometimes redirected them to sites the user didn't want. the scammers made money for ads they posted. >> absolutely brilliant what these guys were doing. they had found a way to tap into one of the most lucrative sources of money on the internet and they have online advertising. >> reporter: when those behind the scam were arrested affected
from our justice correspondent pete williams. >> reporter: a system run by the federal government has helped computers infected with a virus connect to the internet. that fbi run system shuts down midnight sunday for some in the u.s. logging on monday could be a problem. odds are your computer will not be affected but if it is you can blame this man, one of six astone ians charged. affected computers were hijacked into using internet servers that sometimes redirected them to sites the...
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joining us now is, i believe, pete williams. are you there, pete? >> yes. >> can you explain what happened? >> no. >> thank you. that's a great start. >> reporter: i can tell you what it is but i can't explain it. what happened is the jury said, we have reached a verdict. and we found out that that was literally true. it has reached a verdict on only one of the six counts against john edwards. and that is whether he accepted illegally a contribution from a wealthy donor named rachel bunny mellon in 2008. that's the only count on which they reached a verdict and we don't know what the verdict is. whether it was guilty or not guilty. the question remaining that the judge has to decide is whether to tell the jurors, all right, fine, good on that one, now let's hear the others, or whether she will conclude that there is no point in further deliberation and would then declare a mistrial. i think i can say whatever verdict they reached on count three wouldn't count. that would be erase asked the government would have to start all over again. if the justic
joining us now is, i believe, pete williams. are you there, pete? >> yes. >> can you explain what happened? >> no. >> thank you. that's a great start. >> reporter: i can tell you what it is but i can't explain it. what happened is the jury said, we have reached a verdict. and we found out that that was literally true. it has reached a verdict on only one of the six counts against john edwards. and that is whether he accepted illegally a contribution from a wealthy...
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pete williams has been following the developments. here's what we do know. floyd corkens of herndon. he took the metro, we're told, parked his car at the east falls church metro, then took it on into the district, and on into the family research council building at about 10:45, and set something to indicate he disagreed then when the guard challenged him. the man reached for the gun and shot the guard in the arm. that same guard managed to subdue the man with the gun, with help from other people in the building. we're told he bought the handgun five days ago, that he had a fully loaded clip of ammunition, and two extra clips or magazines, so he came into the building with a considerable amount of firepower. we're also told in the backpack there was something to do with chick-fil chick-fil-a. we don't know if it has any significant. tone perkins, the president of family research council has recently made statements supporting the president of chick-fil-a, who says he's opposed to romney. interestingly enough, about 30 or so gale and lesbian, also decry the us
pete williams has been following the developments. here's what we do know. floyd corkens of herndon. he took the metro, we're told, parked his car at the east falls church metro, then took it on into the district, and on into the family research council building at about 10:45, and set something to indicate he disagreed then when the guard challenged him. the man reached for the gun and shot the guard in the arm. that same guard managed to subdue the man with the gun, with help from other...
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joining us now is, i believe, pete williams. are you there, pete? >> yes. >> can you explain what happened? >> no. >> thank you. that's a great start. >> reporter: i can tell you what it is but i can't explain it. what happened is the jury said, we have reached a verdict. and we found out that that was literally true. it has reached a verdict on only one of the six counts against john edwards. and that is whether he accepted illegally a contribution from a wealthy donor named rachel bunny mellon in 2008. that's the only count on whic
joining us now is, i believe, pete williams. are you there, pete? >> yes. >> can you explain what happened? >> no. >> thank you. that's a great start. >> reporter: i can tell you what it is but i can't explain it. what happened is the jury said, we have reached a verdict. and we found out that that was literally true. it has reached a verdict on only one of the six counts against john edwards. and that is whether he accepted illegally a contribution from a wealthy...
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and pete williams is nbc's justice correspondent. pete, lead us in to this, what we know about what the cia discovered, and how they stopped this tragedy from happening. >> well, this, they say, is a great success for intelligence. that the plot was to happen around the one-year anniversary of bin laden's killing by the u.s. now, of course, that was last week, and they say that the plan was to get someone, a suicide bomber, to get on board an airliner coming to the u.s. now they say no specific airline or flight had been chosen, no ticket had been purchased, but they say that a suicide bomber had been recruited, and that's when intelligence stepped in, shut the plot down, and this is quite remarkable, actually recovered the device. now, it's described as a more sophisticated version of the underwear bomb, as you mentioned that abu abdulmutallab was wearing on christmas day. like that device it had no metal parts and right now the united states is trying to see whether the device could have been detected by the full body scanners that
and pete williams is nbc's justice correspondent. pete, lead us in to this, what we know about what the cia discovered, and how they stopped this tragedy from happening. >> well, this, they say, is a great success for intelligence. that the plot was to happen around the one-year anniversary of bin laden's killing by the u.s. now, of course, that was last week, and they say that the plan was to get someone, a suicide bomber, to get on board an airliner coming to the u.s. now they say no...
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nbc's pete williams is in washington. pete with a good day, what have you learned? >> reporter: alex, the connecticut authorities have not yet formally identified the gunman, but we're been told and i think it's widely known it's adam lanza is his name, 20 years old who was living with his mother. they say the shooting actually began that morning about three miles from the school at the home where he was living with his mother, that he shot her then drove her car to the school. now we're told that he had actually four handguns when he entered the school. we had known about the first two. they say there were two others that were found. and then he also had a rifle that was not brought into the school we're told by several officials, that it was left in the car, and that all these weapons were legally purchased by his parents. although officials say on tuesday of this past week adam lanza went to a sporting goods store in connecticut and tried to buy a rifle but was turned down for various reasons, because of the connecticut firearm restrictions laws. now the other th
nbc's pete williams is in washington. pete with a good day, what have you learned? >> reporter: alex, the connecticut authorities have not yet formally identified the gunman, but we're been told and i think it's widely known it's adam lanza is his name, 20 years old who was living with his mother. they say the shooting actually began that morning about three miles from the school at the home where he was living with his mother, that he shot her then drove her car to the school. now we're...
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you know, pete williams is a lawyer. and he got it right because he knows to keep going. now -- >> nbc correspondent who covers legal issue. >> yes. in the cnn/fox dichotomy, fox seemed to be delighted -- you know, there was a certain amount of delight on fox's part that cnn didn't have -- and i think therefore that's why their apology was so grudging. and cnn's was a full admission. >> well, to clarify, fox did not apologize because fox -- fox's statement was -- reading along with justice roberts. >> grudging statement. >> didn't do anything wrong. i want to get to the issue that michael keeps shore shadowing, the oral arguments -- >> sorry. >> there were pundits and straight news reporters as well who said the mandate looked to be in deep trouble. none more prominent than cnn's jeffrey toobin. here's what he said in march. >> reporter: it looked like there were five votes to strike down the mandate. this was a train wreck for the obama administration. i think it's a possibility it might be a plane wreck, as well. >> so it was a transportation disaster. i told toobin if
you know, pete williams is a lawyer. and he got it right because he knows to keep going. now -- >> nbc correspondent who covers legal issue. >> yes. in the cnn/fox dichotomy, fox seemed to be delighted -- you know, there was a certain amount of delight on fox's part that cnn didn't have -- and i think therefore that's why their apology was so grudging. and cnn's was a full admission. >> well, to clarify, fox did not apologize because fox -- fox's statement was -- reading along...
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pete williams. >> nothing of that magnitude comes to mind. but i do think the obama administration's decision to fast track the health care case, bypass the big court of appeals and move it to the supreme court was very bold. chris: fast and furious. >> when you --eth nigsity, i was surprised how long -- ethnicity, i was surprised how long it took for a gutsy move. i was going to say jeb bush but olympia snow and her decision when she resigned to call it as it is and say you cannot function in this part. chris: and jeb bush had said earlier, said recently that this party has moved too right for him. >> actually similar turns from both of them. >> i was going to say either jeb or olympia snow but i'll fall back on a member of the court justice john paul stephens who at age 92 is still out there making big speeches against citizens united and yesterday, was in the courtroom when he saw the liberal majority prevail. >> i live in new york city. and the mayor, mayor bloomberg, has just banned the sale of huge cups of sugary soft drinks. and the bo
pete williams. >> nothing of that magnitude comes to mind. but i do think the obama administration's decision to fast track the health care case, bypass the big court of appeals and move it to the supreme court was very bold. chris: fast and furious. >> when you --eth nigsity, i was surprised how long -- ethnicity, i was surprised how long it took for a gutsy move. i was going to say jeb bush but olympia snow and her decision when she resigned to call it as it is and say you cannot...
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as we continue here live in washington, i'm joined by pete williams and our nbc newsroom. pete, you've been hearing from federal and local officials, state official
as we continue here live in washington, i'm joined by pete williams and our nbc newsroom. pete, you've been hearing from federal and local officials, state official
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williams in our washington newsroom, pete, thanks. also joining us from our washington bureau, michael leiter who served as head of the the national counter tearicism sector under both presidents bush and obama and was in fact in the white house situation room a year ago during the raid that killed bin laden. he's these days a national security analyst for us at nbc news. you have to admit the talk has been about how much al qaeda has been degraded. beyond the fact this was successful, it was intercepted, what do you take from this regarding their strength? what should we take from this? >> brian, this really shows that al qaeda in yemen, in the arabian peninsula as it's known in government circles, remains a very potent threat. as pete noted, 2009, mutallab, 2010, the cartridge bombs. the growing instability in yemen, especially in the south of the country, has left yemen open as a safe avon for terrorism, and this is a group, despite how they have been wounded, is very, very much committed to killing americans. >> what do you take a
williams in our washington newsroom, pete, thanks. also joining us from our washington bureau, michael leiter who served as head of the the national counter tearicism sector under both presidents bush and obama and was in fact in the white house situation room a year ago during the raid that killed bin laden. he's these days a national security analyst for us at nbc news. you have to admit the talk has been about how much al qaeda has been degraded. beyond the fact this was successful, it was...
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it's where we begin tonight with the reporting of our justice correspondent pete williams. pete, good evening. >> reporter: federal agents say what makes this sting operation different is that the man they arrested was willing to carry out a suicide attack wearing a bomb, with one of his targets possibly the capitol visitor center right behind me. they say he never actually had any explosives. police and fbi agents combed through the home of a 29-year-old man originally from morocco in the washington suburb of alexandria, virginia. he's accused of planning to wear a suicide vest and set it off at the u.s. capitol. investigators say he told them he hoped to kill at least 30 people. officials say fbi agents had him under close surveillance sce early december. first he told them he wanted to attack jewish synagogues in the area or a restaurant or u.s. military facilities. then he decided his target would be the capitol building, perhaps its new underground visitors center likely to be crowded with tourists on a week day afternoon. or u.s. senate office building. >> in previous
it's where we begin tonight with the reporting of our justice correspondent pete williams. pete, good evening. >> reporter: federal agents say what makes this sting operation different is that the man they arrested was willing to carry out a suicide attack wearing a bomb, with one of his targets possibly the capitol visitor center right behind me. they say he never actually had any explosives. police and fbi agents combed through the home of a 29-year-old man originally from morocco in...
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pete williams, thank you very much. by the way, before i let you go, you showed us some footage before, and i'm going to ask the control room to cue it up. this is the footage that we see from the helicopter of what this suspect was wearing when he was arrested. >> right. and you can see the mask at the top. you can see the bulletproof vest that he was wearing. and everyone says that that's how he was dressed, all in black with a mask on his face which obviously was a gas mask, and then bulletproof vest as well. and there's the white car. that's right near the exit to the theater. that's the one that he said had explosives in it. you showed the robot. they searched that and didn't find any. but nonetheless, they're assuming that there may be in the apartment because the word i think he used to the police was that it was booby-trapped. >> pete williams, our correspondent in washington, pete, thank you very much. >>> we have a new statement from warner brothers which is the studio that produced "the dark knight rises." it
pete williams, thank you very much. by the way, before i let you go, you showed us some footage before, and i'm going to ask the control room to cue it up. this is the footage that we see from the helicopter of what this suspect was wearing when he was arrested. >> right. and you can see the mask at the top. you can see the bulletproof vest that he was wearing. and everyone says that that's how he was dressed, all in black with a mask on his face which obviously was a gas mask, and then...
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let me start with the question i was asking pete williams. do we have a sense of how long the incident itself took place, how long did mr. holmes or allegedly did mr. holmes or the actual gunman, if it's not him, sit there and spray this theater? >> good morning. i heard you guys talking about that briefly. i don't know. i know the call came in at 12:39. i'm only guessing the calls started coming in immediately after the shooting started. i have been asked how long it took us to get here. this theater is literally two blocks away from the main police headquarters. we have numerous officers in assignments scheduled to get off at 1:00 a.m. we had a bunch of officers in the area. witnesses said it seemed like an immediate response. i'm guessing less than a minute. to answer the question how long he was shooting, i don't know. witnesses did state it went on for k-- i'm trying to think of the words. but it lasted quite some time. was that ten seconds? i don't know how long that was. >> i'm sure for some of them it end es up in slow motion. every s
let me start with the question i was asking pete williams. do we have a sense of how long the incident itself took place, how long did mr. holmes or allegedly did mr. holmes or the actual gunman, if it's not him, sit there and spray this theater? >> good morning. i heard you guys talking about that briefly. i don't know. i know the call came in at 12:39. i'm only guessing the calls started coming in immediately after the shooting started. i have been asked how long it took us to get here....
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pete williams in washington. pete, thank you very much. >> let's get over to natalie morales who has the morning's other top stories at the news desk. >> good morning, everyone. as the situation in syria deteriorates into civil war, president bashar al assad made his first televised appearance in weeks. he was seen swearing in a new defense minister on state tv. the successor to one of the four top officials killed in a bombing in damascus on wednesday. this morning the syrian national security chief also died from wounds sustained in that blast. syrian activists say more than 310 people were killed across the country thursday, which would make it the deadliest day since the syrian uprising began 17 months ago. >>> to some important health news now here. whooping cough is rising at epidemic rates in this country as the u.s. is set to have its worst year for the potentially fatal illness in more than 50 years. some 18,000 cases have been reported nationwide so far killing at least nine children. health officials b
pete williams in washington. pete, thank you very much. >> let's get over to natalie morales who has the morning's other top stories at the news desk. >> good morning, everyone. as the situation in syria deteriorates into civil war, president bashar al assad made his first televised appearance in weeks. he was seen swearing in a new defense minister on state tv. the successor to one of the four top officials killed in a bombing in damascus on wednesday. this morning the syrian...
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>> pete williams starting us off from washington tonight. pete, thanks. let's talk about some of the unavoidable politics of this. with us tonight from our washington bureau the moderator of "meet the press" david gregory. david, how blatantly will the politics of this be viewed or is that an eye of the beholder issue? >> not on this one. this is pretty transparent, brian. this is election year politics. consider the numbers. the president won two-thirds of hispanic voters, more than that, in fact, in 2008. and it is imperative that he mobilize latino voters this year if he can carry the states he carried before and perhaps new ones. so it's a critical part of the coalition he wants to put together. there's another element to this. he is really trying to jam mr. romney up here. marco rubio, the hispanic senator from florida, has come out in favor of a very similar provision to what the president signed into law here today or advocated today. and even despite that, mitt romney has not come out in support of the rubio plan. other republicans have not. there
>> pete williams starting us off from washington tonight. pete, thanks. let's talk about some of the unavoidable politics of this. with us tonight from our washington bureau the moderator of "meet the press" david gregory. david, how blatantly will the politics of this be viewed or is that an eye of the beholder issue? >> not on this one. this is pretty transparent, brian. this is election year politics. consider the numbers. the president won two-thirds of hispanic...
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our justice correspondent pete williams joins us from the federal courthouse in washington. pete, good evening. >> reporter: brian, after a trial that dragged on for nine weeks, it took the jury just over a day to find roger clemens not guilty of lying about performance-enhancing drugs. this is a huge legal victory for clemens, one of the most successful baseball pitchers of all time. for more than four years these charges have threatened to over shadow his long career. >> i put a lot of hard work into that career. and so again, i appreciate my teammates that came in and all the e-mails and phone calls. thank you all very much. >> reporter: this verdict comes after other high profile steroid cases have fizzled, too. slugger barry bonds was sentenced only to home detention for giving evasive answers about steroids and after spending millions in a worldwide investigation, prosecutors decided not to file criminal charges against cyclist lance armstrong. so another setback for the government tonight, brian. >> pete williams at the courthouse in d.c. tonight. pete, thanks. >>> no
our justice correspondent pete williams joins us from the federal courthouse in washington. pete, good evening. >> reporter: brian, after a trial that dragged on for nine weeks, it took the jury just over a day to find roger clemens not guilty of lying about performance-enhancing drugs. this is a huge legal victory for clemens, one of the most successful baseball pitchers of all time. for more than four years these charges have threatened to over shadow his long career. >> i put a...
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our justice correspondent pete williams is at the court tonight. pete, good evening. >> reporter: both that and arizona immigration are huge issues. but the stakes are especially high for health care. any way you look at it, in terms of the law or politics or the effect on millions of people, this will be one of the supreme court's most important rulings in decades. it's president obama's most significant accomplishment, one he still champions. >> here in the united states of america, nobody has to go broke because they get sick. >> reporter: it's one that eric cantore, house republican looerd, vows looer leader, vows to wipe off the books if it survives the challenge. >> we're going to take to the floor a bill that calls for the total repeal of obama care. >> reporter: 26 states ask the court to strike down the law that all americans get health insurance. >> the supreme court finds itself in the middle of a storm, a political storm in the presidential election coming up, because it's the president's signature achievement. and this is about health
our justice correspondent pete williams is at the court tonight. pete, good evening. >> reporter: both that and arizona immigration are huge issues. but the stakes are especially high for health care. any way you look at it, in terms of the law or politics or the effect on millions of people, this will be one of the supreme court's most important rulings in decades. it's president obama's most significant accomplishment, one he still champions. >> here in the united states of...
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>> pete williams at the irs to start us off tonight. pete, thanks. >>> on capitol hill today, a second day of congressional hearings on the lavish spending on trips by employees of the federal general services administration, the gsa, all of it right now being exposed. the executive at the center of if all, did not show up today, but the agency's inspector general told lawmakers, he couldn't believe what he found when he started investigating this. our report tonight from nbc's lisa myers. >> reporter: the man at the center of the scandal, gsa's jeff neeley, did not show up on capitol hill today. >> i have no comment. >> i guess the only way we'll get to seeim is on a video in the hot tub. >> reporter: this is neeley relaxing in the tub, and enjoying some wine on a scouting trip to the las vegas resort, which hosted the lavish conference that cost taxpayers almost a million dollars. neeley is potentially facing a criminal investigation, and has invoked his right to remain silent. but there are more questions about his travels. two month
>> pete williams at the irs to start us off tonight. pete, thanks. >>> on capitol hill today, a second day of congressional hearings on the lavish spending on trips by employees of the federal general services administration, the gsa, all of it right now being exposed. the executive at the center of if all, did not show up today, but the agency's inspector general told lawmakers, he couldn't believe what he found when he started investigating this. our report tonight from nbc's...
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our justice correspondent pete williams joins us from washington. pete, good evening. >> reporter: savannah, this was a strong pro-privacy ruling in part because it was unanimous. the court said when the police secretly put a gps tracking device on a suspect's car without a search warrant, that amounted to trespassing. they said the officers encroached on a protected area because the constitution applies to private property like a car as it does to a house. members of the court sent a message they are worried about police tracking that does not involve trespassing by using smart phones or devices built into cars like gps and onstar. that's something to be sorted out in future cases. today's ruling cites google. it refers to blogs and websites and demonstrates the justices are well aware how these devices work and sensitive to how much privacy people expect in embracing this new technology. >> pete williams at the court tonight, thanks. >>> in state college, pennsylvania, last night, a candlelight vigil for football coach joe paterno who died yesterd
our justice correspondent pete williams joins us from washington. pete, good evening. >> reporter: savannah, this was a strong pro-privacy ruling in part because it was unanimous. the court said when the police secretly put a gps tracking device on a suspect's car without a search warrant, that amounted to trespassing. they said the officers encroached on a protected area because the constitution applies to private property like a car as it does to a house. members of the court sent a...
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>> pete williams at the supreme court tonight. pete, thanks. >>> overseas to syria where today thousands of pro assad demonstrators raising russian flags lined the streets of damascus to welcome the foreign minister of russia, one of syria's few remaining allies, as the regime escalates its bloody crackdown on protesters. russia is being hailed as a friend because they blocked that security council resolution this past weekend calling on assad to step down. >>> up next, as we continue tonight, the salt trap. another reminder that many americans eat too much of it. tonight, the short list of where a lot of it comes from. and later, a woman who warns us, if we blink, we may very well miss what makes her very special. >>> as promised, back with another health warning tonight about salt. the centers for disease control said today 9 out of 10 of us consume too much of it. in some cases, twice as much as the recommended daily amount. that, of course, can lead to high blood pressure, often for good reason called the silent killer because
>> pete williams at the supreme court tonight. pete, thanks. >>> overseas to syria where today thousands of pro assad demonstrators raising russian flags lined the streets of damascus to welcome the foreign minister of russia, one of syria's few remaining allies, as the regime escalates its bloody crackdown on protesters. russia is being hailed as a friend because they blocked that security council resolution this past weekend calling on assad to step down. >>> up next,...
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here is nbc news justice correspondent pete williams. >> reporter: police were looking in 1981 for a man who raped a woman at gunpoint when they say someone they thought fit the description. kirk odom spent 22 years in prison. was arrested and convicted. >> they sent me to hell really. to be honest with you. they sent me straight to hell. >> at his trial an fbi lab technician testified that a hair found on the victim's clothes was so similar to odom's. that it was virtually indistinguishable, a very rare phenomenon. but on friday a judge declared him innocent. a recent dna test showed that it could not have been odom and the hair was not his. the u.s. attorney in washington says he suffered a terrible injustice. >> the jury was left with misinterpretation how strong the link was. the evidence linking the defendant to the actual crime scene. >> reporter: the fbi says it is now going through the thousands of other cases from the days of dna testing to see whether witnesses or prosecutors exaggerated the significance of the fbi's hair analysis. >> the fbi insists that the science itself
here is nbc news justice correspondent pete williams. >> reporter: police were looking in 1981 for a man who raped a woman at gunpoint when they say someone they thought fit the description. kirk odom spent 22 years in prison. was arrested and convicted. >> they sent me to hell really. to be honest with you. they sent me straight to hell. >> at his trial an fbi lab technician testified that a hair found on the victim's clothes was so similar to odom's. that it was virtually...
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we get more tonight from nbc's pete williams. >> reporter: the life of charles colson was marked by a profound met mor metomorphosous once said he would walk over his own grandmother to get nixon re-elected. he worked on the 1972 campaign. he was never charged directly with anything due to the watergate break-in. instead he pled guilty to trying to block an investigation of another break-in, the office opsychiatrist treating daniel elsburg who leaked the pentagon papers. after serving seven months of his prosecute prison sentence, colson came out a man changed by the scandal and the punishment. >> in my own life, i look at it with gratitude. by going to prison, i've now seen how god has been able to use my life. >> reporter: he found an organization can called prison fellowships in 1976, reaching out to prisoners, ex-cons and their families here in the u.s. and around the world. >> those nonviolent offenders ought to be out of prison, working, paying back their victims instead of sitting in a cell. that would give them a sense of accountability and responsible for their behavior. >> r
we get more tonight from nbc's pete williams. >> reporter: the life of charles colson was marked by a profound met mor metomorphosous once said he would walk over his own grandmother to get nixon re-elected. he worked on the 1972 campaign. he was never charged directly with anything due to the watergate break-in. instead he pled guilty to trying to block an investigation of another break-in, the office opsychiatrist treating daniel elsburg who leaked the pentagon papers. after serving...
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>> pete williams starting off the coverage in the court in washington. pete, thanks. and our legal correspondent savannah guthrie is here with us in the studio for more on this tonight. so, savannah, as a lawyer yourself and a watcher of all things supreme court, i'm already seeing graphics in the newspaper about how this is going to be decided. would we be misinformed to think this is going to fall down traditional lines? >> well, a lot of people suspect this will be a sharply divided court along the idealogical fault lines, but not necessarily. this case really boils down to whether the federal government exceeded its power under the constitution in regulating in this area of health care. there have been some other recent cases in recent years that presented similar questions of whether the federal government had exceeded its authority and some of the court's most conservative justices, scalia, chief justice roberts, actually voted to uphold the federal law. in other words, they turned down the opportunity to limit the federal government's power. if you go on that,
>> pete williams starting off the coverage in the court in washington. pete, thanks. and our legal correspondent savannah guthrie is here with us in the studio for more on this tonight. so, savannah, as a lawyer yourself and a watcher of all things supreme court, i'm already seeing graphics in the newspaper about how this is going to be decided. would we be misinformed to think this is going to fall down traditional lines? >> well, a lot of people suspect this will be a sharply...
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pete williams joins us on the phone from inside the court. pete, what can you tell us? >> reporter: we're getting the order right now. i'll ask the court official if she can hand me an extra copy. but here it is. just this second here. and, well, we've been waiting all afternoon to see if the supreme court would take any of the gay marriage cases and we've just gotten aporders list here. and none of tgay marriage cases are on here. so it appears we won't hear today. i can't imagine that they would give us two orders list. i think this is it. so now the question is what does that mean. and it could mean one of several things. it could mean that the court wants more time to talk with these cases and will order them to be relisted and brought up again at another closed door conference. it could mean that they're not going to take the cases. on a day like today which is not a normal day for getting orders from the court, the only they think we would hear about is cases that they're going to take. so if there are cases they're not going to take, the first chance to hear abou
pete williams joins us on the phone from inside the court. pete, what can you tell us? >> reporter: we're getting the order right now. i'll ask the court official if she can hand me an extra copy. but here it is. just this second here. and, well, we've been waiting all afternoon to see if the supreme court would take any of the gay marriage cases and we've just gotten aporders list here. and none of tgay marriage cases are on here. so it appears we won't hear today. i can't imagine that...
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pete williams, thank you very much. we appreciate it. >> you bet. >> up next, more on the tragedy here in connecticut. jenny wilson from the hartfo"ha courant" will join me. d. neural speeds increasing to 4g lte. brain upgrading to a quad-core processor. predictive intelligence with google now complete. introducing droid dna by htc. it's not an upgrade to your phone. it's an upgrade to yourself. i knew it'd be tough on our retirement savings, especially in this economy. but with three kids, being home more really helped. man: so we went to fidelity. we talked about where we were and what we could do. we changed our plan and did something about our economy. now we know where to go for help if things change again. call or come in today to take control of your personal economy. get free one-on-one help from america's retirement leader. >>> welcome back. we are continuing msnbc's coverage of the elementary school shooting in newtown, connecticut. we just got confirmation from senior white house officials that the president
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our justice correspondent, pete williams with more. >> reporter: brian, 30 years ago, in a case called bachi, the supreme court said that a college can take a person's race into account when providing admissions, because it provides better diversity. now the question seems to be, how much diversity is enough? like nearly all american colleges, the university of texas at austin tries for racial diversity, but the way they did it was challenged by a senior, abby fisher. >> the race should not be considered. >> reporter: she says that affirmative action kept her out. >> there were people with lower grades who were not in the same courses. the only difference between us was the color of our skin. >> reporter: she says the state law that guarantees the top 10% of graduates makes the university racially diverse enough. 29% hispanic, 6% black. but the university says that considering race is one factor in making sure they admit enough with diversity. >> what is important is that they have the ability to see that not all are the same, regardless of their ethnic economic background. >> reporter
our justice correspondent, pete williams with more. >> reporter: brian, 30 years ago, in a case called bachi, the supreme court said that a college can take a person's race into account when providing admissions, because it provides better diversity. now the question seems to be, how much diversity is enough? like nearly all american colleges, the university of texas at austin tries for racial diversity, but the way they did it was challenged by a senior, abby fisher. >> the race...
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pete williams there for us tonight. pete, thanks. >>> time for some analysis, our legal correspondent savannah guj guthrie here with us again in the studio. so last night you and i talked about whether the conversation and the votes are going to come down along party lines. today the questions sure seem to. and a lot of people say, this court doesn't ask devil's advocate questions. it may be an indicator. >> i'll be the devil's advocate on that. oral arguments are not always an indicator of where the court will come out. i mean, actually, if you look at the lower court that considered the health care in the d.c. circuit, conservative judges grilled the government's lawyers. and ultimately those conservative judges were in the majority upholding the health care law. there was a voting rights act case a couple years ago, where they grilled the government lawyer and ultimately upheld the law 8-1. that said, you cannot sugar coat this for the government. this is a really tough day for the government. even the justices who s
pete williams there for us tonight. pete, thanks. >>> time for some analysis, our legal correspondent savannah guj guthrie here with us again in the studio. so last night you and i talked about whether the conversation and the votes are going to come down along party lines. today the questions sure seem to. and a lot of people say, this court doesn't ask devil's advocate questions. it may be an indicator. >> i'll be the devil's advocate on that. oral arguments are not always an...